8/8

"Mother in the Sky with Diamonds" - A setting very reminiscent of The Expanse, with a strong, original plot (written 40 years before the Expanse, of course)

"Beam Us Home" - One of the most depressing anti-war stories I've read lately, and unfortunately still timely. But very good.

7/8

"And I Awoke And Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" - still very good after all these years. A great exploration of sex, popular culture and colonialism.

"The Snows Are Melted" - A good diversion - the post-apocalypse society rendered as what looks like a tale of alien invasion.

"The Man Who Walked Home" - Another post-apocalyptic society, or rather several societies. This one more hopeful than the others.

6/8

Most of the stories had a very solid world-building. In fact I immediately began thinking of my own stories to set in some of those worlds. Especially "The Peacefulness of Vivyan", which, while being just ok, featured an exciting and detailed future space-opera setting as a background.

I'm not going to make a story-by-story review, like I did for other collections. Too tired for that. I'll just list my favorites:

5/8

Two stories at least had a kind of witty fast satirical dialogue and goofball happenings which reminded me of the Marx Brothers movies, which I think she had in mind. Those were surprising since most other stories are depressing (Sheldon herself having suffered through depression for most of her life until her suicide.)